From fe04c3c10a8f524f9ed064193be7cfbacd6dfec1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ekaitz Zarraga Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2024 20:06:02 +0200 Subject: LOCO: add introduction to context --- papers/LOCO-24/contents.latex | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/papers/LOCO-24/contents.latex b/papers/LOCO-24/contents.latex index 88e3999..b17c0f6 100644 --- a/papers/LOCO-24/contents.latex +++ b/papers/LOCO-24/contents.latex @@ -163,13 +163,20 @@ Computing}{December 05, 2024}{Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom } %% information and builds the first part of the formatted document. \maketitle -\section{Motivation} +\section{Context} +%% We need to understand context ... + All engineering decisions are taken in a context and those that are adopted + by any industry are oftentimes driven by previous decisions taken in the same + subject. Specifically, the computing industry, arguably due to its rapid + emergence, has been heavily influenced by previous technology and + \textit{backwards compatibility}. Reviewing the most influential ideas of + computing one can obtain valuable information to be able to criticise current + computing systems and propose pioneering alternatives. \subsection{Von Neumann model} The von Neummann model introduced in 1945 proposes a general purpose device consisting of a \textit{Central Processing Unit} (CPU) and a \textit{Store}. - The \textit{Store} is often implemented as a \textit{Random Access Memory} (RAM or, simply, \textit{memory}), which stores data in bytes, each of them with an \textit{address}, in a tabulated fashion. -- cgit v1.2.3